Question

Prevailing-wage laws

Multiple Choice

• set pay for work done to produce goods and services contracted by the state government.

• specify that a government-defined prevailing wage is the maximum wage that must be paid for work done on covered government projects.

• give contractors the right to drive down wages using their size.

• were passed in response to conditions on projects such as the construction of the Hoover Dam during the Depression.

Answer 1

(Option d) were passed in response to conditions on projects such as the construction of the Hoover Dam during the Depression

Prevailing wage laws acts as a sort of minimum wage for the construction workers that are working on public projects within a particular geographical area, and it usually prevents the use of cheap, non-local labor to undercut local workers. Regarding state projects, not every state requires a prevailing wage on a state government-owned construction project. They do not give contractors the right to drive down wages using their size.